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A NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY VIRGINIA COMMONWEAL TH UNIVERSITY
,; Vql. 3, Nq.3 Nqv. I, 1973
No More Long Lines
VCU Registration Goes Computer
The traditional long lines and crowds
during student registration time will be
a thing of the past at Virginia
Commonwealth University with the
implementation of a new computer
based system that will handle the
entire registration process.
The system does not require any new
equipment or computers but utilizes a
student information, revenue and
accounting system designed by the
Systems and Computer Technology
Corporation of West Chester,
Pennsylvania.
In addition to handling student
scheduling, registration. billing, and
admissions the system will also provide
information and statistics helpful in
planning for the ever changing
academic climate at a large university
such as VCU.
The first phase of the new computer
program will go into effect on the
MCV Campus and on the West Campus
in November when students meet with
faculty advisors to complete course
request forms for advance registration
for the Spring semester at VCU.
During a two week period, from
November 5·16, studeDts will be asked
to fill out the course request forms
showing the classes and schedule they
want as well as alternatives. They will
also be asked to specify whether the
time of the class or the particular
course is more imPortant. The
computer will then do the work and
go through the hassles that college and
university students have had to
contend with in traditional
registration. And within three or four
weeks, on December 10, students will
be mailed their curriculum schedules
- and billed for the upcoming semester.
At the time the course request forms
are filled out, students will also be
asked to complete a personal data
sheet which will be used in providing
statistics and information about the
student population at VCU.
According to the project coordinator
from the Systems and Computer
Technology Corporation, John
Schmitt, in the 50 colleges and
univeristies that now use the system,
85 per cent of the students have no
need for face to face contact with
administrators. But for those who
encounter special scheduling problems,
a dm i n i strators can override the
system.
As ·VCU registrar Harold Boling sees
it, the most important aspect about
the new computer system is its
capability to meet academic demands.
"We're not just doing away with
registration lines," Boling noted .
"We ~ re meeting academic needs in a
way that was not possible under the
old field house system of registration .
For the first time, we will be able to
set registration priorities. It means that
majors and graduating seniors will not
be turned away from a course simply
because they did not have the right
social security number to put them
first in line," Boting said.
Construction Underway On
Science-Education Unit
VCU's long awaited $5.6 million
science-education building complex is
now under construction with a
completion date scheduled for early
Fall 1975. Once construction is
completed, the complex will centralize
the chemistry, physics and education
programs that are now crowded into
scattered sites throughout the
university.
The building is made up of three
wings, connected by two aerial
walkway bridges. The four story
education wing on Beech Street,
named for former RPI president, the
late Dr. George Jeffries Oliver,
includes 40 classrooms, 15 seminar
rooms, 45 faculty offices, two faculty
conference rooms and a faculty
lounge. Oliver Hall also includes many
innovative classroom laboratories for
the demonstration of teaching
techniques for both elementary and
high school. Closed circuit television
systems will also be installed to aid in
demonstrating teaching techniques.
Continuing the finger tip tour of
plans for the tri-unit complex, the
connecting walkway bridge to the
science wing comprises a student
lounge. The chemistry science wing on
Main and Laurel streets will house ten
research laboratories, two lecture
classrooms seating 108 students each,
seven general classrooms, five
instrument rooms, a balance room and
two libraries. There will also be 43
faculty offices and three faculty
conference rooms in the chemistry
wing. (continued on page 2)

A NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY VIRGINIA COMMONWEAL TH UNIVERSITY
,; Vql. 3, Nq.3 Nqv. I, 1973
No More Long Lines
VCU Registration Goes Computer
The traditional long lines and crowds
during student registration time will be
a thing of the past at Virginia
Commonwealth University with the
implementation of a new computer
based system that will handle the
entire registration process.
The system does not require any new
equipment or computers but utilizes a
student information, revenue and
accounting system designed by the
Systems and Computer Technology
Corporation of West Chester,
Pennsylvania.
In addition to handling student
scheduling, registration. billing, and
admissions the system will also provide
information and statistics helpful in
planning for the ever changing
academic climate at a large university
such as VCU.
The first phase of the new computer
program will go into effect on the
MCV Campus and on the West Campus
in November when students meet with
faculty advisors to complete course
request forms for advance registration
for the Spring semester at VCU.
During a two week period, from
November 5·16, studeDts will be asked
to fill out the course request forms
showing the classes and schedule they
want as well as alternatives. They will
also be asked to specify whether the
time of the class or the particular
course is more imPortant. The
computer will then do the work and
go through the hassles that college and
university students have had to
contend with in traditional
registration. And within three or four
weeks, on December 10, students will
be mailed their curriculum schedules
- and billed for the upcoming semester.
At the time the course request forms
are filled out, students will also be
asked to complete a personal data
sheet which will be used in providing
statistics and information about the
student population at VCU.
According to the project coordinator
from the Systems and Computer
Technology Corporation, John
Schmitt, in the 50 colleges and
univeristies that now use the system,
85 per cent of the students have no
need for face to face contact with
administrators. But for those who
encounter special scheduling problems,
a dm i n i strators can override the
system.
As ·VCU registrar Harold Boling sees
it, the most important aspect about
the new computer system is its
capability to meet academic demands.
"We're not just doing away with
registration lines" Boling noted .
"We ~ re meeting academic needs in a
way that was not possible under the
old field house system of registration .
For the first time, we will be able to
set registration priorities. It means that
majors and graduating seniors will not
be turned away from a course simply
because they did not have the right
social security number to put them
first in line" Boting said.
Construction Underway On
Science-Education Unit
VCU's long awaited $5.6 million
science-education building complex is
now under construction with a
completion date scheduled for early
Fall 1975. Once construction is
completed, the complex will centralize
the chemistry, physics and education
programs that are now crowded into
scattered sites throughout the
university.
The building is made up of three
wings, connected by two aerial
walkway bridges. The four story
education wing on Beech Street,
named for former RPI president, the
late Dr. George Jeffries Oliver,
includes 40 classrooms, 15 seminar
rooms, 45 faculty offices, two faculty
conference rooms and a faculty
lounge. Oliver Hall also includes many
innovative classroom laboratories for
the demonstration of teaching
techniques for both elementary and
high school. Closed circuit television
systems will also be installed to aid in
demonstrating teaching techniques.
Continuing the finger tip tour of
plans for the tri-unit complex, the
connecting walkway bridge to the
science wing comprises a student
lounge. The chemistry science wing on
Main and Laurel streets will house ten
research laboratories, two lecture
classrooms seating 108 students each,
seven general classrooms, five
instrument rooms, a balance room and
two libraries. There will also be 43
faculty offices and three faculty
conference rooms in the chemistry
wing. (continued on page 2)